Pressure-normalizing single-chambered static pressure device for

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1993-10-27

1996-02-06

Dvorak, Linda C. M.

Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage

Orthopedic bandage

Splint or brace

602 27, 602 14, 128882, 128DIG20, A61F 500

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054892597

ABSTRACT:
A single-chambered static pressure device and method for supporting and protecting a human lower extremity and for normalizing the pressure and forces acting thereon includes an inflatable wrap or boot-like device having a single internal air chamber and including an interior plastic sheet and an exterior plastic sheet joined peripherally together forming said air chamber therebetween, a nozzle valve for admitting air into the air chamber, and fasteners for releasably securing the inflatable device about the lower extremity. The plastics sheets forming the single air chamber have a plurality of aligned openings extending therethrough and the sheets are joined about the circumference of each hole for providing heat and moisture dissipation, ventilation and visibility therethrough. The device is disposed in an underinflated state about the lower extremity to allow the interior surface of the device to engage and conform to the contour of said lower limb during inflation to normalize the pressure applied to the extremity at the interface between the device and the surface of the lower extremity to prevent and better manage pressure sores and other lower extremity pathologies.

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